Open-Ended Evolutionary Innovation / Quarantined Syst.

Hello, I did submit a solution, mostly arguments what is possible and what isn't and an general

You've answered your own question. I'm sorry, but in your example the problem is not, "

What the article doesn't say is how long it would take such a "life rock" to travel

The assertion, "Of course human technology is an open system because it receives input from

Hello there, May I join your discussion? My background is in molecular biology and I've only

Thanks for your reply. To lay my cards on the table, I have a set of limitative results concerning

I believe this issue has a trivial resolution. First, as a previous poster has said, the Earth most

Your proposition troubles me for some number of reasons. First, your writings on the subject do not

1) The outcome of this challenge has no effect on the panspermia debate: the universe is a

Of course 'nucleotides' came from simpler components; amino acids. Here's a concept for

[from anonymous, 23 June 2008] I've been thinking about open-ended results in a closed system,

No. See latest discussion under "Didn't Lenski...?" (The supplied dictionary would be a

Mathematically, I dunno. The ID proponent William Dembski says 500 bits is a cutoff -- darwinian

The Astrobiology Research Trust. http://www.panspermia.org/art.htm On Jun 20, 7:43 pm, Kerouwhack

The point would be to demonstrate, in our lifetime, OEEI-QS. Don't have to evolve people, just

Quarantined System – The system is quarantined if, once the demonstration begins, no additional

At home I multiple cats. Thes cats bring in mice. Sometimes the mice are eaten sometimes they escape.

I mean "Quarantined" in an absolute sense -- no germs, no viruses, no DNA can enter the